Imagine you have been asked to draft a manuscript (i.e., in essay form) for a popular medical magazine on the role of the sensory system and the effects of damage within it.
Choose 2 of the 5 senses.
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word essay on how damage to the nervous system affects the sensory experience. Include the following:
- Identify which nervous system structures are involved in that sensory system.
- Identify which peripheral nervous system structures are involved in the chosen sensory systems, including sensory and motor neurons.
- Explain potential or hypothetical damage to the structures.
- Describe how the damage has affected the nervous system’s function, including autonomic nervous system responses (parasympathetic and sympathetic) as well as somatic nervous system responses.
- Explain why this change in the nervous system has occurred.
- Explain external indicators, or symptoms, of the damage.
- Describe how the sensory experience may be different because of this damage.
Cite at least 2 peer-reviewed references, published in the last three years, to support your assignment; remember to cite and reference all sources you use to compose your work (including non-peer-reviewed ones). But at least two sources must be peer-reviewed and represent your research legwork. The “answer” to this assignment is not as important as demonstrating your critical thinking, in-depth research, and effort at pulling together information from a variety of sources to present your own argument, reflective of your unique analysis. In other words, it is possible to present a “good answer” yet not score well on this assignment because your individual legwork and thoughtwork is not specifically evident. If you have questions, send them my way, I’m happy to help!
Remember books aren’t always peer reviewed (you can use them, but they won’t count as a peer reviewed reference) and only books that our University of Phoenix library owns* should be used for instructor verification purposes.
Note: Peer reviewed doesn’t just mean “good.” A lot of reputable and good sources of information (including textbooks, published edited books, posts and web articles from sites like Mayo or Cleveland Clinic or the CDC) are out there for you to use – and you can use use them – but they won’t “count” as peer-reviewed articles (which come specifically from peer-reviewed scholarly, academic journals). If you have any questions about this, let me know! I’m willing to help and am only a message away!
Format your article according to APA guidelines. Please dont use AI
Resources
- Center for Writing Excellence
- Reference and Citation Generator
- Grammar Assistance
